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  • Creativity and Career - In conversation with Professor Kunal Basu

    Do you find it challenging to manage your creative passion and career? Do you feel like you have to choose between the two? Then we have some exciting news for you. Our radio show, "Creativity & Career," is bringing you an exclusive interview with Professor Kunal Basu, a renowned scholar and author.
    Professor Kunal Basu is a fellow of Green Templeton College and an ex-tenured professor at the SAID Business School, University of Oxford. He has successfully navigated not one or two but six careers, from being a much-awarded management scholar, an Oxford don, a hugely successful English novelist, a highly experimental Bangla writer, stage actor to a distinguished professor of Humanities. His intimate knowledge of global academia, industry, and the international workplace makes him an expert in shaping one's career and managing creative passions.
    Join us on "Creativity & Career" as we delve into Professor Basu's insights and experiences. Discover how you can achieve your career goals without sacrificing your creative passions. This is an exciting opportunity to learn from a true expert, so don't miss out.
    Tune in to "Creativity & Career" to hear our exclusive interview with Professor Kunal Basu.

    32 min
  • Clickbait journalism - In conversation with Prof. Ananya Desai

    We have all seen the clickbait thumbnails that would entice us into clicking on that video on YouTube. Click baits are a mere means of boosting the views on a video. But can it be concerning if journalists start practising it too? Clickbait journalism refers to the practice of using sensational headlines or images to attract readers to a news article or website. Clickbait journalism is considered unethical because it prioritizes generating clicks and views over providing accurate and trustworthy news. It also undermines trust in journalism and can be harmful to democracy.


    Stepwell Radio brings you "Clickbait Journalism", a show in conversation with Professor Ananya Desai who is a writer, journalist and faculty at Ahmedabad University. The show talks about how the concept of click-baiting entered into the world of journalism where people with fake headlines would pool consumers to their piece, how the same leads to the spreading of misinformation and how it will inevitably tag along with the journalism.

    16 min
  • Discussing the National Education Policy 2020 with Professor Pankaj Chandra (Vice Chancellor, Ahmedabad University)

    Professor Pankaj Chandra is the Vice-Chancellor at Ahmedabad University. His expertise lies in Operations Management, Supply Chain Coordination and Higher Education. He is the author of the book - "Building Universities That Matter."

    In this episodes he gives his insights on India's New Education Policy.


    The show was aired on Stepwell Radio and has been published as a podcast.


    44 min
  • Climactic Conversations Episode 4: Communicating Climate Change

    "When people talk, listen completely. Most people never listen." -- Ernest Hemingway


    We live in a society where world leaders underestimate how rapid, serious and permanent ecological breakdown will be if humanity fails to mobilize climate action in the short and long term. The Earth system has reached its tipping points at a breath-taking speed. And climate scientists and researchers face insurmountable public communication challenges than the astronomers in Don’t Look Up.

    Decades of awareness-raising and initiatives to engage the public has displayed that climate change doesn’t communicate itself. Growing scientific evidence suggests that there are challenges to how we communicate climate change to various audiences and stakeholders.

    This podcast gives you a glimpse into the world of two amazing climate communication experts who have over a decade of experience in the science and the art of climate change communications. They share their ideas about communication, what needs to be done in order to set things in motion for climate actions.


    Podcast Team
    Content: Shaurya Patel, Srutisri Kalyan, Asmita Gattamraju,

    Logistics: Samkit Kundalia


    You can give us your feedback for this podcast at the following:
    https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSesiog9G9utaOivZpOO9vSOCkHO7N7jfrKcrmsYhUPYXh9P2A/viewform

    30 min
  • Climactic Conversations Episode 3: Trouble in the Haystack- Effect of Climate Change on Agriculture and Food Security

    "Part of the secret of success is to eat what you like and let the food fight it out inside” – Mark Twain



    World Bank 2020 report found that nearly 690 million people—or 8.9 per cent of the global population—are hungry, up by nearly 60 million in five years. The food security challenge will only become more difficult, as the world will need to produce about 70 per cent more food by 2050 to feed an estimated 9 billion people.


    Climate change threatens our ability to ensure global food security, eradicate poverty and achieve sustainable development. Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from human activity and livestock are a significant driver of climate change, trapping heat in the earth’s atmosphere and triggering global warming. Climate change’s negative impacts are already being felt, in the form of increasing temperatures, weather variability, shifting agroecosystem boundaries, invasive crops and pests, and more frequent extreme weather events. The podcast gives you a perspective on the challenges faced by the agriculture sector’s extreme vulnerability to climate change and the solutions measures one can undertake for mitigation and adaptation. Also, what a net-zero future means for the agriculture sector. The podcast is a collaboration between, The Stepwell Radio and the Global Centre for Environment and Energy at Ahmedabad University. Listen to it wherever you get your podcast.


    Podcast Team

    Content: Shaurya Patel, Srutisri Kalyan, Asmita Gattamraju,

    Logistics: Samkit Kundalia



    You can give us your feedback for this podcast at the following:
    https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSesiog9G9utaOivZpOO9vSOCkHO7N7jfrKcrmsYhUPYXh9P2A/viewform

    19 min
  • Climactic Conversations Episode 2- Covid 19, Climate Change and Cities (Part 1, 2 and 3)

    “The Covid-19 pandemic is not a solution for climate change. However, it does provide us with a platform for more sustained and ambitious climate action to reduce emissions to net-zero through a complete transformation of our industrial, energy and transport systems.” - Petteri Taalas, WMO Secretary-General


    This podcast episode fosters conversation between the city officials, public health experts and climate experts on their experience with COVID-19 and how it could influence urban policy, innovation and financing towards resilient and low carbon development.

    The first part of the episode is about analysing the effect of COVID-19 on transport and mobility patterns and its potential impact on climate change. The second part talks about insights into the effects of climate change and equity on housing security. The third and final part talks about the existing policies and sustainable solutions to address the climate crisis.

    This conversation will bring to fore the possible synergies between the climate change responses and COVID-19. The podcast is a collaboration between, The Stepwell Radio and the Global Centre for Environment and Energy at Ahmedabad University.

    You can give us your feedback for this podcast at the following link:
    https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSesiog9G9utaOivZpOO9vSOCkHO7N7jfrKcrmsYhUPYXh9P2A/viewform

    56 min
  • Ahmedabad Literary Festival Special

    As part of the Ahmedabad Literary Festival, Stepwell Radio brings to you a series of shows celebrating Literature and the love for reading. 

    The show line up is:

    - Literature and Society: A conversation with the Dean of School of Arts and Sciences, Dr Patrick French on the interaction of literature and society and its implications.

    - Rhyme in Thought: Poetry recital by 

    • Professor Saumya Malviya, 
    • Professor Tana Trivedi and 
    • Lakshita Lalani, an Integrated Master’s student.
      • 34 min
    • Climactic Conversations Episode 1: "Climate Experts Answer the most Googled Questions on Climate Change"

      Hello Listeners!

      “Climate Change is no longer some far-off problem; it is happening here, it is happening now”- Barack Obama

      In commemoration of the International Day of Climate Action, Stepwell Radio is honoured to be in conversation with Professor Minal Pathak, a Senior Scientist at the Working Group III of the IPCC, along with Mr Shannay Rawal and Mr Shaurya Patel from the Global Centre for Environment and Energy to address the most Googled questions on climate change.


      The podcast is created by the Global Centre for Environment and Energy and The Stepwell Radio at Ahmedabad University.

      Listen to it wherever you get your podcast.

      Podcast Team

      Content: Srutisri Kalyan, Asmita Gattamraju, Logistics: Samkit Kundalia (This will change every episode, depending who is involved in the podcast creation process)

      You can give us your feedback at the following link.

      23 min
    • Interview with Thukral and Tagra (Pollinator Studio)

      We bring to you a riveting interview with Pollinator Studio's Mr. Jiten Thukral and Mr. Sumir Tagra.


      Pollinator Studio is an interdisciplinary lab that seeds fundamental debates through intangible value systems. Vaishnavi KM (Second year, BA Economics student at Ahmedabad University) is in conversation with Thukral and Tagra, an artist duo who have worked with a wide range media including sculptures, installations, paintings and interactive games.


      In this episode, Vaishnavi will be interviewing the duo about their work as well as contemporary issues in the art industry.


      https://www.thukralandtagra.com/

      33 min

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